#(which i know bc seward identifies proving something VERY like neuroplasticity as one of van helsing's signature achievements
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it's funny that not until i was flipping through reference material in the norton edition of the turn of the screw i got from the library did i make the connection that perhaps american literature's most famous ghost story was written by a guy whose brother was an active member of the society for psychical research
#i used to think william james was super famous bc he came up for me a lot in undergrad#but idk if that was due to a coincidence of classes i was taking#or bc he was affiliated with the university i was attending at the time#bc experiences sicne have taught me that he's not....#i mean i didn't think he was like freud or darwin but i would have placed him up there with... idk weber maybe?#anyway. he coined the phrase 'stream of consciousness'#and is credited according to wikipedia as first conceiving of the concept now referred to as neuroplasticity#(which i know bc seward identifies proving something VERY like neuroplasticity as one of van helsing's signature achievements#which caused me to look up the history of the concept lol)#and also he was p. into spiritual research and convinced of the authenticity of exactly one medium#i love the 19th century sorry i really do.....#also ok beloved is actually probably the most famous ghost story in american literature at this point#anyway i'n halfway through the book so far... p. good! spookier than i expected lol#bookblogging#turn of the screw#media 2k25#i'm sick but not too sick to spend at least some time reading instead of dicking around on reddit lol
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